{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases/johnson-thune-rounds-introduce-legislation-advance-western-dakota-water", "Johnson, Thune, Rounds Introduce Legislation to Advance Western Dakota Water Project", "2024-09-26", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "SD", "Dusty Johnson", "J000301", "dustyjohnson.house.gov", "dustyjohnson", "https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.), a member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) recently introduced bicameral versions of legislation that would authorize afeasibility study for the Western Dakota Regional Water System.\n\n\u201cWater is essential,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cEnsuring our Western South Dakota communities receive sufficient and clean water is necessary for healthy, growing communities. I am grateful for Senator Thune and Rounds\u2019 partnership on this issue and look forward to continuing to advance the Western Dakota Rural Water System project.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Western Dakota Regional Water System is a promising proposal to address the rapidly growing water needs of the Black Hills region,\u201d said Thune. \u201cThis legislation would advance the project by authorizing a Bureau of Reclamation study in order to determine the feasibility of the project, and I\u2019m proud to join Rep. Johnson and Sen. Rounds in this critical effort.\u201d\n\n\u201cAccess to clean water in rural areas is critical for South Dakotans,\u201d said Rounds. \u201cAuthorizing a feasibility study for the Western Dakota Regional Water System gets us one step closer to delivering more water West River. I\u2019m pleased to be joining Sen. Thune and Rep. Johnson in this effort.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases/johnson-thune-rounds-introduce-legislation-advance-western-dakota-water"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7383499760180712, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}